Should I mention redundancy on my CV?

Mr_Maths

Now I have left the job I've been made redundant from I need to put an end date to it on my CV

DCFC79

I dont believe you should mention redundancy on a cv, that's what the application for is for.

sharpe106

I would not put reason for leaving a job on the CV that is what the interview is for. 

Savvy_Sue

Right now, any prospective employer who sees redundancy as anything other than neutral, must be living on another planet, surely?

[Deleted User]

I think it is purely when in fashion/down to the times sort of thing. When I was job-hopping it was often indicated I should give a reason why jobs ended and thus put reasons on CV, one time I was even told to completely strip out the subjective business that did legitimately make a whole team redundant, after a while I grew sick of it and stopped simply wasting the line space.
I know more often then not people would reveal in hearing how did you find out, how was it presented one employer years later even wanted to know did I holistically know why it happened (of course because people learnt how to submit their own claims without paying a percent).
I know last year it was advised to start writing cover letters 'explaining myself' by some job hopper past themselves from a recruitment agency but to the frank some of the worst replies where from where those cover letters went into, same as no employer really wants to know that past job could have caused financial difficulties.
Even as a temp through to fixed term worker and even in the latter, as a zero-hours worker, I'd always turned up to be asked why are you leaving and more commonly it had started to become a curious question of were you an agency or direct worker. When neither are surefire way of knowing. and I just felt in recent times replaced the nonsense they you might write why you left a job.
You just don't know what makes interviewers tick. In the same way, you can work for a company never seemingly advertising but that doesn't have to mean their the cream either.
I think everybody has to make the CV their own, no right or wrong way. Some employers will like and some won't.

Brynsam

sharpe106 said:

I would not put reason for leaving a job on the CV that is what the interview is for. 

But first you have to get to the interview - and having a good reason for leaving, plus the fact you are immediately available, are both big plus points. I'd certainly include it - it would make me more inclined to interview a candidate.

seatbeltnoob

Deleted User said:

I think it is purely when in fashion/down to the times sort of thing. When I was job-hopping it was often indicated I should give a reason why jobs ended and thus put reasons on CV, one time I was even told to completely strip out the subjective business that did legitimately make a whole team redundant, after a while I grew sick of it and stopped simply wasting the line space.

Yes, keep everyone relevant and to the point, they can ask these questions in the interview. But for shortlisting purposes, these details do not matter, avoid information overload at the initial stage.

I always like to have the entire cv on one page. so I cut back on a lot of useless stuff.

TELLIT01

I've been out of the job market for a while now, but virtually every job application form I received asked for dates and reason for leaving.  I see no reason not to put it on the CV.

General_Grant

TELLIT01 said:

I've been out of the job market for a while now, but virtually every job application form I received asked for dates and reason for leaving.  I see no reason not to put it on the CV.

Forms can ask what they like. 
Omit from the CV and you save some ink/space for more relevant information.  Or you have more white space to make it cleaner and easier to read.

Grumpy_chap

Congratulations on the interview and good luck.

For what it is worth, I would not put redundancy on a CV.

Rudess

You shouldn't put redundancy on the CV, but if asked to explain in an interview why you left the job, you can tell them the truth about redundancy.